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Uncle Sam's 
Flower Garden 



BY 



Mrs. W. H. PRESTON. 




PRICE 15 CENTS 



Eldridge Entertainment House 

Franklin, Ohio 



A HIT ON YOUR NEXT PROGRAM! 

Something Out of The Ordinary 
In High-Glass Humorous Songs. 



MUSICAL SKETCHES FOR YOUNG LADIES 

By Harry C. Eldridge 

These fill an urgent need in supplying 
musicaf numbers with action, for any secular 
program, ior girls or ladies of any age. Clever 
words and singable music combined to make 
novel numbers for your entertainment. 

THE HAT OF OTHER DAYS. Everyone knows how 
ridiculous the changing styles make out-of- 
date hats appear. The song is based on this 
fact, and the appearance of these '*hats of 
other days'' will cause loads of merriment. 

'1 CANT B3 A THING WITH MY HAIR SINCE irS WASHED." 
Did you ever hear the above expression ? They 
all say it. This song is for a merry group of 
girls who have trouble in keeping their hair in 
bounds. Ajollysong^^ 

REDUCEB TO $1.99. The figures in a dry goods 
show windov/ are indignant at having to par- 
ticipate in so many * 'reduction sales,'' and, 
revolting, walk off the stage after telling 
their troubles in song. The eccentric motions 
of these figures make a very laughable number. 

THE WINNING WAYS OF GRANDMA'S DAYS. Sung in 
costume, this portrays the many welcome and 
pleasing' costumes of ''ye olden times." Di- 
rections for minuet included. Very enjoyable. 
Any one ef the akove sent p9st?aii en receiirt if 25 eeats. 

ELDRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE 

Franklin, Ohio 



UNCLE SAM'S FLOWER GARDEN 



An Allegorical Temperance Play 
for Children. 



By Mrs. W. H. Preston. 



Copyright, 1915, Eldridge Entertainment House. 



PUBLISHED BY 

Eldridge Entertainment House, 

FRANKLIN, OHIO. 






i^CLD 42B01 



DEC 20 i:)*: 



Uncle Sam^s Flower Garden. 



Scene— A Garden. 

Decorate with flowers, flags and crepe paper. One 
chair is draped with a flag, one chair is draped in 
white. The crown for the Goddess of Liberty should 
hang on the chair in white. 

(Enter Uncle Sam, looks around, seats himself in 
flag draped chair. He should be about IS years old, 
dressed in Uncle Sam costume. ) 

Uncle Sam. Well, I have come out here jto rest 
awhile. This is a beautiful place. So. full of fresh 
air, fragrant with the breath of flowers. Our world 
is full of beauty and loveliness, but the more I think 
of her wealth and power, the more I am convinced 
that much yet remains to be done to make our coun- 
try what she is, only in name ''Free." The evils of 
drink are everywhere and the real flowers of this fair 
land are being destroyed by the thousand, year by 
year. Men, women and children are sacrificed on the 
altar of the Demon, Alcohol. {Rising and lifting 
flag,) When I look at this flag with it's stars and 
stripes, and know it is the emblem of our country, I 
am filled with sorrow because of those under it's ban- 
ner enslaved by the curse of drink. 

{Singing outside, girls voices. ) 

' 'And the Star Spangled banner, 

In Triumph shall wave. 
O'er the land of the free, 

And the Home of the brave." 

Uncle Sam. What means this magic spell? Did I 
not hear some voices singing, "O'er the land of the 
free?" would I could say as much, but the shackles 
of rum must be broken ere the flowers, who are the 
men, women and children of this country will be free 
to grow into their full beauty as God intended. I am 
bowed down, my heart is heavy. I will rest awhile. 
(Sleeps, sits in flag draped chair.) 



(Enter nine girls representing Truth, Courage, Pur- 
ity, Honesty, Temperance, Humility,^ Love, Kindness, 
Mercy, The first three are dressed in red crepe paper 
or cheese cloth. The next in white, the next in blue. 
Each carry a flag about a Joot long. As they enter 
Uncle Sam is observed. They form a semi-circle 
around him. ) 

Truth. Poor Uncle Sam is so tired. Let us speak 
quietly so we do not waken him. 

Temperance. He is grieved over our Country's 
welfare. 

Courage. We will help to right the Vv^rong. 

All. (With gesture to Uncle Sain.) Sleep on and 
take yjour rest. 

Purity. We are the flowers of our Country. Our 
mission is to help Uncle Sam rid this country of drink. 

Truth. I am the strong plant Truth. Without it 
nothing can stand. Not even our Country. 

Honesty. I am the flower of Honesty. Our nation 
is built on it. 

Courage. I am Courage, the greatest and strongest 
flower needed to right temptations. 

Purity. There is no sweeter flower in Uncle Sam's 
garden than the fragrant flower of Purity. 

Temperance. I stand for total abstinence for all 
mankind. I am a strong plant and cannot be up-rooted. 

Humility. I grow in a cool shady place, doing my 
work quietly. Humility is a danity plant with a 
sweet odor. 

Love. The flower of Love, I am. I g:row in all 
soils. In any country, at all seasons of the year. 
Yes, Love is the crowning flower of the garden. 

Kindness. I, too, am a modest flower. Kindness 
is the plant all desire. 

Mercy. This flower is so much like love that they 
can scarcely be told one from the other. We have a 
great work to do. We must help Uncle Sam. With- 
out us he can do nothing. 



Honesty. Let us resolve today to go forth at his 
bidding and by uniting his forces we can bring about 
National Prohibition. 

{All march to front of platform and sing one verse of 
America. After singing march around in semi- circle 
as at first 

Uncle Sam. (Rising and rubbing his eyes. ) Have 
I been dreaming? Yes, here they are, the very beau- 
tiful creatures I have been dreaming about. 

All. Uncle Sam, we have come to help you. 

Courage. Yes, Uncle Sam, Courage is ever ready 
to help you. 

Uncle Sam. You shall help me. While I slept I 
dreamed this old flag would wave over a free people. 
I waken to find my dream coming true. 

All. Yes, Uncle Sam, it takes Truth, Honesty, 
Courage, Purity, Temperance, Humility, Love, Kind- 
ness, and Mercy to make the old flag free. {Each one 
speaks her oivn name in the above sentence. ) 

All join in singing two verses of ''Columbia the Gem 
of the Ocean. ' ' Just as they finish enter Prohibition 
and Goddess of Liberty. Prohibition ivears a cap 
made of red, ivhite and blue bunting. A scarf of the 
same with the word ''Prohibition'' on it. Goddess of 
Liberty should wear a long white dress with gold or 
silver stars on it. A scarf of red, white and blue and 
carry afiag much larger than the rest. Prohibition 
may carry a flag. They should each be about twelve 
years of age. ) 

( Uncle Sam greets them as they enter. Each gives 
the soldiers salute. He escorts them to the throne. 
Prohibition standing on one side, Uncle Sam on the 
other, while Liberty is in the center. ) 

All. Welcome Goddess of Liberty and Prohibition. 
We are glad to see you. 

Honesty. Yes, Liberty, we love our flag country 
too much to see it cursed with rum. All the flowers 
are glad to have you come to set us free. 

Prohibition. Uncle Sam, Liberty and I have had 
a long, hard and tiresome journey. We have crossed 
desert places. We have encountered wild beasts and 



reptiles. We have seen into homes where little chil- 
dren are ragged and hungry. We have seen wives 
and mothers weep over loved ones who have fallen on 
account of drink. We have seen homes made wretched, 
hearts and hves saddened, and the best men brought 
to sin and disgrace by the liquor habit, but thanks be 
to you and these beautiful flowers, we are now ready 
to proclaim freedom from all that will intoxicate and 
to crown our Goddess of Liberty. ( Uncle Sam places 
crown on head of Liberty, ) 

Uncle Sam. This is the dawn of a new day. May 
you never cease to wear this crown. It stands for 
love to God, love to home and love to all mankind. 

Liberty. The Goddess of Liberty rejoices to see all 
the brightest and best flowers in Uncle Sam's garden 
gathered here today. Long may they live and grow 
and bloom, till this old world is brought out of dark- 
ness and the Demon Drink driven from the land. 

Liberty. (Recites) 

THE BATTLE IS ON. 

Did they finish the fight that day, 

When the Liberty Bell was rung? 
Did they Silence the noise of war, 

When Liberty's triumph was sung? 
Was Freedom made Sovereign indeed, 

And the Banner of Freedom unfurled? 
A battle has raged since the world was new 

A battle is on! God calleth for you! 

There is woe in our broad, brave land 

Though we shout for victories won ; 
Wide trenches are heaped with our dead. 

Though our banners fiash in the sun; 
For the fight came not to a close 

When the Bell rung its news afar; 
Over all our hurrahs and acclaim. 

Still echo the horrors of war. 
This battle has waged since the world was new, 

This battle is God's! God calleth for you! 

Wherever the adder of drink 
Stings body and soul to the death, 



Wherever the fumes of the cup 

Mix woe with Man's God-given breath— 
There charges the foe, and there fall 

• Our dearest, our best and our brave. 
Finished not was the fight that day. 

For America harbors the slave— 
The slave of the death dealing still, 

The slave of the drunkard's wild woe. 
America's danger to-day 

Emboldens America's foe. 
Then strike for the battle is God's! 

Strike deep as you cherish your own! 
In the name of our God smite the foe, 

Till Liberty taketh her throne! 

Temperance, (recites) 

BONNY FLAG. 

A song for the flag, the bonny, bonny flag 

With its stripes of red and white. 
Its bit of sky-blue, with the stars peeping through. 

It will brighten the darkest night. 

Hurrah for the flag, the bonny, bonny flag. 

We will sing its colors fair. 
We love the pure and true, so choose the red, white 
and blue. 

And we will follow it everywhere. 

Hurrah for the flag, the bonny, bonny flag. 
Now that Liberty has come, to seal old Whiskey's 
doom. 

We will love her stars and stripes more and more. 
That will float over our land from shore to shore. 

(Enter Little Temperance Girl.) 

All. Here comes the little Temperance Girl! 

(Temperance should be dressed all in white. She 
carries a white flag. She steps to the front of the plat- 
form and recites. ) 

A little Temperance girl, am I, 
Here's my banner see it fly! 



May it wave o'er our land and sea 
Till from drink we are set free 

If you listen we will try 

To give you our rally cry. 

(She steps back in line ivith those in white. ) 

All. Prohibition time has come, 

Down with rum! Down with rum! 

He's our foe! He's our foe! 

Go King Alcohol! Go! Go! Go! 

(Make gesture with right hand three times as the 
word ''go'' is spoken. 

(All march around ivaving flags and singiny one or 
two verses of Star Spangled Banner. ) If held at night 
can have a tableau with red lights. 



RELEASED IftR AMATEUR PRODUCTION. 

^Hie Utile Politician" 

By SEYMOUR S. TIBBALS 



A COMEDY IN FOUR AOTS 

SEVEN MALBS AND THREE FEMAUES 



^IfHIS play was produced professionally 
^^ for several seasons under another title, 
and is now released for amateur production 
without royalty and without restrictions 
of any kind. The scenery and costumes 
are simple. Time, about two hours. A 
young society girl plays an im.portant part 
in overthrowing a corrupt political boss 
and brings about the election of -her 
fiance. The race for the hand of a 
wealthy widow Itv rival suitors furnishes 
the comedy, A pretty story is unfolded, 
but without actual love-making or any 
scenes objectionable to the amateur. 
Recommended for high schools and dra- 
matic clubs. 



le garden party in the second act affords 
opportunity for the introduction of any number of 
characters* 

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